Neverwinter News

Neverwinter will send players into the depths of the Underdark in the upcoming Menzoberranzan module’s new Gzemnid’s Reliquary Trial. The trial will be available in both Normal and Master difficulty, with the Normal version requiring an item level of at least 30,000 and the Master version requiring at least 80,000. “Gzemnid has taken residence in the Underdark where he schemes [...]

Neverwinter is turning 17 years old this week (yes, you’re that old) and is celebrating the occasion with the return of the D&D MMORPG’s annual Anniversary Event. The celebration begins on February 28th with the usual array of quests and activities, the reopening of the anniversary hall, and seasonal rewards. You can probably also expect a new commemorative anniversary cloak [...]

Cryptic Studios is swinging the big bad nerf hammer at companion NPCs in Neverwinter in an upcoming balance update. The dev team offers some insight into why and hot it’s going to go down in a new dev blog. The team says that the upcoming balance patch will be more comprehensive than previous ones and will focus on reducing the [...]

Neverwinter rings in the holidays with the return of the D&D MMORPG’s Festival of Simril event which will run from later today until January 5th. This year’s winter festival will feature the same fun-filled holiday activities as previous years but without the old Simril lightcrafting quests that were available in previous years. “With the introduction of the new profession in [...]

Cryptic Studios continues its efforts to make the Bards of Neverwinter more viable in combat in the D&D MMORPG’s latest patch. Before the patch rolled out, Bards were able to sing various songs to heal their player allies but not NPC ones. With the latest patch, the Bard’s AoE heals will now also affect NPCs as long as the skill [...]

Neverwinter is bringing back its Masquerade of Liars event tomorrow, bringing with it the usual array of Halloween-themed quests to complete and rewards to earn. A handful of new rewards will also be up for grabs, including an owlbear costume, a witch’s broom mount, and a Mask of the Fallen item. “The time has come, once again, for the most [...]

Neverwinter is bringing back the Hell Pit event today which will once again pit players against waves of enemies to earn various rewards. The even will run until October 14th and will require players to succeed against at least 14 encounters to be eligible for rewards. Meanwhile, Cryptic Studios has made several balance tweaks to the Band of Air ring [...]

Cryptic Studios has opened the Neverwinter vault of old content and has brought back Rothé Valley as a new Epic Adventure. The zone has been updated with improved visuals, streamlined quests, new Heroic Encounters, and a “stu-panda-ous” new battle pass. From now until November 22nd, players will be able to complete Random Queues and Major Heroic Encounters in Rothé Valley [...]

It’s a bad time to be a dragon in Neverwinter following the release of the ominously-named Dragonslayer expansion. Not only are they constantly hunted, they’ve also been hit with the big bad nerf bat in the D&D MMORPG’s latest patch. Green Dragons have been hit particularly hard as they’ve had their nasty Mass Dispel debuff ability completely removed. The five-headed [...]